Berry Creek couple begins recovery process

Tuesday marked the first day of hazardous clean-up in Berry Creek as many survivors begin the recovery process.

Today was the official first day of hazardous clean up in berry creek..

And as action news now reporter 'kristian lopez' shows us..

Many people in berry creek are taking the first steps in the recovery process..

One month after the bear fire started.

### martin sudicky/lives in berry creek: we thought we lost absolutely everything and didn't even anticipate coming home to anything at all.

We are grateful our house is here but we don't know where to go from here.

We are alone in the middle of complete devastation.

Kristian: martin sudicky and his wife martha were shocked to find out their house was the only one standing on this street and now they are working on all of the necessary repairs so they can return as soon as possible.

Martin: the contractors are coming in, our water tank was burned, we have some smoke damage but not a lot compared to our neighbors its just getting started.

Kristian: what do you want to tell the people of berry creek moving forward?

Martin sudicky/lives in berry creek: i hope everybody at least some people come back i know not everyone will want to come back but its a cool little community its nice and peaceful we got upended by the fire but you hope that it will come back and the sooner the better.

In berry creek kl action news now coverage you can count on.

The state is getting ready to launch a dashboard..

That maps out progress on clean-up in real time..

Once that is up..

We will post a link on our website.